Ken Stanford

Floyd County residents will be able to vote on a Sunday heading into the Nov. 4 general election.

A tax on sodas and other sugar-laden drinks that voters and courts in other parts of the country have rejected is on the November ballots in San Francisco and Berkeley, two cities that have been open to such social-engineering initiatives in the past.

In an apparent concession to authorities warning pro-democracy protesters to clear Hong Kong's streets by the beginning of the work week, students occupying the area outside city government headquarters agreed Sunday to remove some barricades that have blocked the building's entrance during the weeklong demonstrations.

Americans lack confidence in the government's ability to protect their personal safety and economic security, a sign that their widespread unease about the state of the nation extends far beyond politics, according to the latest Associated Press-GfK poll.

Physicians whose misconduct got them barred from practicing medicine in other states have won permission to work in Georgia, a review by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has found.

General Motors is recalling more than 60,000 vehicles in North America, the latest round of recalls this year for the automaker.

Pro-democracy protesters were defiant in the face of attacks by opponents and warnings by the Hong Kong government to clear the streets, staging a massive rally Saturday evening in the downtown business district they've occupied for a week.

The condition of the lone Ebola patient to be diagnosed in the U.S. has worsened and is now deemed critical, the Dallas hospital that has been treating him reported Saturday.

Broad concept plans for the reconstruction of Buford Highway in the Suwanee area will be shared at an open house on Thursday, October 9, at Suwanee City Hall from 5:00-7:30.

The 21st annual Georgia Centennial Farm Awards were announced Friday at the Georgia National Fair in Perry - and farms from Hall, Habersham and Union counties are among them.